Where does “receiver” come from?
Receiver derives from Middle English recevere, from Old French recevere meaning "to receive."
receiver (English): A person who or thing that receives or is...
Definitions
- A person who or thing that receives or is...
Ancestry of “receiver”, step by step
receiver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English receive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | receive | To take, as something that is offered, given,... |
| 2 | Middle English | receyven | To accept or take especially into authority |
| 3 | Old French | recevoir | to receive |
| 4 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 5 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Middle English receyvour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | receyvour | A recipient; someone or rarely something that receives |